Laura Bush’s Cowboy Cookies
Small batch version of Laura Bush's giant cookies
Servings 12
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour 125 grams
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ scant teaspoon salt ¼ if using salted butter
- ½ cup unsalted butter 114 grams
- ½ cup granulated sugar 100 grams
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar 100 grams
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- ⅔ cups flaked coconut sweetened or unsweetened
- ⅔ cups chopped pecans lightly toasted if you have time
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter until creamy. Add both sugar and continue beating for 2 minutes, scraping the side of the bowl. Add the egg and beat just until mixed, then beat in the vanilla.
- With a heavy duty scraper, stir in the flour mixture until fully blended, the then stir in the chocolate chips, oats, coconut and nuts.
- Divide the dough into 12 portions. Shape into balls and press them down slightly to make disks. Bake immediately or chill and bake a few dough portions at a time. Bake time should be about 15 minutes for smaller cookies (12) or 18 minutes if you make the cookies large size.
